Savannah High took a victory lap Saturday.The Blue Jackets almost had an undefeated basketball season. The victory over Groves in the last game of the season wasn’t a big deal, and a lesser team might have let up against a pretty good Groves team.Not these JacketsTake away a loss to Mundy’s Mill and coach Tim Jordan and SHS complete a rarity, an unbeaten season in basketball.How rare? A quick pooling of minds in the sports department Saturday could not produce any idea of the last...

Another college football signing day came and went.
But remember this: the prize a college gets on the first Wednesday in February is not always the gift that keeps on giving.
Some kids never get into school, and some never get on to the football field. Some walk away, some get their walking papers.
So why make all the fuss?
Look at it like this: it’s a lot of fun and there is no better than a 50-50 chance that it will mean something.Why?
Couple of quick reasons:
--Too many can...

They are considering holding a race, an official one this time, on Hutchinson Island.Somehow I doubt the peak of automotive technology circa 1908 is going to blister the concrete in the vintage car demonstration in the Hilton Head-Savannah Historic Races next October.The Indy Car event held there back in 1997 was a good idea gone bad. Organizers left behind several acres worth of rain forest in bad paper, including a two-year deal to bring the cars back. That was as worthless as the IOUs.The...

Now we know who is going to be in the Super Bowl. New England and those other guys. This not the game all of America (even Central and South) wanted to see. That game would have been New England vs. Indianapolis last Sunday, followed by New England vs. Dallas in two weeks. ...

The Braves are either wise men or wise guys.We’ll see as this season unfolds.Atlanta let center fielder Andruw Jones walk way and take his hefty contract with him.Normally losing a guy worth north of $15 million a year leaves a hole bigger than the Big Dig in a team’s lineup.But this time? Maybe not.Gone is a guy who was an All-Star with a glove, but a disappointment with the bat.The story on A. Jones will always be one of what might have been, at least in Atlanta.Problem is, the...

So the president of the University of Georgia wants a college football playoff system?Seems like Michael Adams has spent much of his time opposing a football playoff. That and Vince Dooley continuing as athletic director at UGA.But he is getting rapped for the wrong reasons.Some don’t like his timing, and some think he is just miffed because Georgia was ignored by the BCS this year.There may be lost of reasons to bad-mouth Adams, but forget these two.Timing? So what if Adams...

The Mitchell report hit baseball Thursday.After having players blast about a zillion home runs the past few years, baseball had no one to hit back.To me, the big question is not who was named, but who was surprised?
Not only did the national pastime have performance enhancing drugs, but baseball’s suppliers even enhanced the performance enhancers.
Come on, baseball players don’t grow bigger than pro wrestlers and hit harder Brian Urlacher without a little help. Make that a...

Paul Johnson finally got the big job.
I was beginning to wonder when, or even if, it was coming.
Johnson had an impeccable resume as a coach but never could seem to cash in on it.
Those of us who remember him from his Georgia Southern days – both stints – expect a successful marriage between the storied Georgia Tech program and Johnson. OK, maybe not between him and the media and too helpful fans.
His greatest asset?
Besides being a superior game-day coach, Johnson is used to doing...

So you think you would like to vote for the Heisman Trophy?
Think again.
Thinking you know who is the best football player in the country tells us two things: you are either crazy or a sports writer. Make that three—you could be both.
Besides don’t they also play defense in college football?
Not according to the Heisman voting board.
Take it from me: Voting in the Heisman can be pretty stressful.
It’s not as bad as when you had to vote by sending in your ballot by overnight...

Let me see,Ohio State does nothing for a couple of weeks and plays for a national title.
Nice work if you can get it — going forward by standing still.
Georgia takes a week off and becomes roadkill on the BCS highway -- backing up by standing still.
And there aren't any skid marks in front of the Bullogs, because no one slowed down in knocking them out of the national title picture.
Georgia fans will be in an understandable uproar today. One called me at midnight Saturday night (...